Friday, November 11, 2011

Our next Women Who Whiskey outing took us out of the West Side to the East Village, to a renown little dive bar called Blue & Gold.

Blue & Gold has been open for as long as anyone can remember, and despite being in the quickly gentrifying Lower East Side, it has maintained the lowest prices in Manhattan.

A generous pour of whiskey--anything from Canadian whiskey to Bourbon to Scotch--will run you between $3 and $6, depending on what you get. And they have quite a selection! Beers--even the imported variety--are also quite cheap.

There's no wait staff, just a busy bartender who does nothing more than pour beers and liquor. If you ask him nicely, he'll throw in a little mixer, but cocktail are not Blue & Gold's M.O.

The bar is dark, paneled in worn wood--the built in board game booths scarred with the marks of generations young people in search of a cheap drink. It has a pool table covered in bumper stickers and an old-fashioned juke box in the back, and on the wall a tiny chalk board for enforcing pool table etiquette.

It's not a place for a first date or high heels, but this grimy little dive bar certainly has it's own timeless charm.

Who Are We?

Women Who Whiskey is an experimental whiskey club for women.

Both for amateurs and connoisseurs, the club gives its members the opportunity to learn more about different whiskeys and cocktail culture. We host events in a different bars around the city, where members can try special cocktails, discuss mixology with seasoned bartenders, and enjoy the company of other whiskey-loving ladies.

Originally founded in New York City in 2011, it now has chapters in Portland, Oregon, Washington D.C., and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we hope to soon expand internationally to London, England, and Nairobi, Kenya.